----- Joel Embiid finished with 37 points and nine rebounds and Tyrese Maxey added 23 points as the Philadelphia 76ers dominated the Portland Trail Blazers 125-103 Monday night at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon.
Joel Embiid finished with 37 points and nine rebounds and Tyrese Maxey added 23 points on 7-of-11 shooting as the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Portland Trail Blazers Monday night at Moda Center in Portland.
Philadelphia (13-17) built a 10-point halftime lead behind 56.1% shooting and they scored 15 points off of 11 Portland turnovers.
The Trail Blazers trimmed the deficit to eight at 72-64 with 7:08 left in the third but the 76ers responded with a 9-2 to push their lead back to 15.
Philadelphia put the game away with a 9-2 run to start the fourth pushing their lead to 21 at 103-82.
The 76ers would lead by as many as 27-points enroute to victory.
Philadelphia scored 36 points off of 26 Blazers' turnovers.
Anfernee Simons led Portland (11-21) with 25 points and Deni Avdija added 17 points and seven rebounds.
Up Next- The Trail Blazers will travel to Los Angeles to meet the Lakers on Thursday evening. The game is scheduled to tip off at 7:30 PM.
Chad's Take- Philly suffocated Portland with their halfcourt defense.